T.K. Stone Middle School seventh-grade science teachers David Grossman and Katie Davis are educating their students on kinetic and potential energy by letting them design and build their own homemade thrill ride.

The Hardin County Schools Board of Education approved the first phase of the Fiscal Year 2016 budget Thursday at a regular monthly board meeting at the district’s Performing Arts Center at John Hardin High School.

Local teachers De­anna Lively and Susan Sherrard have spent the past two years working on reflections, analysis and assessments to accomplish what has been considered the most respected professional certification available in education.

While high school and middle school students were competing Saturday in a VEX Robotics competition at Hardin County Schools’ Early College and Career Center, six other Hardin County children were at a different robotics contest.